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The Act of Settlement 1701: BBC - H2G2
Image via King William III: Wikipedia Today in History the Act of Settlement 1701 came into law forbidding any catholic being crowned king or queen. So it was a milestone in bigotry in an age a… more →
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ENGLISH LITERATURE – Week 2: The General Prologue (Part II)
Charlotte Evans wrote 1 day ago: In part I of the discussion on the General Prologue of the Canterbury Tales, we talked about the int … more →
HISTORY Week 1: What is History?
Charlotte Evans wrote 5 days ago: Late posting this, apologies. The focus of your first week was the nature of history, the processes … more →
Russian tanks in Leyland! (Well an old armoured car anyway…)
elena1uk wrote 5 days ago: Leyland, the Lancashire town that has become home not only for me, but also for a small but dynamic … more →
1812 around the Baltimore Area, in pictures
starspangledbannerblogger wrote 6 days ago: Walking into the thick of the battle So yesterday I planned on joining a few historians on a YouTube … more →
I didn't know we had a king... I thought we were an autonomous collective.
Jessica wrote 1 week ago: King Arthur may well be the ur-fantasy story. The ur-hero story even. This story has been told c … more →
Anne Boleyn: Behind the Myth
Charlotte Evans wrote 2 weeks ago: By 1526, Henry VIII was thirty-five years old. He had reigned in England for twenty-seven years and … more →
Anne Boleyn - Much Misunderstood
Charlotte Evans wrote 3 weeks ago: One of my favorite historical figures is England’s ill-fated queen consort, Anne Boleyn. Henry … more →
The Battle of Cable Street
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kennedy121 wrote 1 month ago: In the wake of recent political events in the UK (most notably the political rise of far-right natio … more →
The Act of Settlement 1701: BBC - H2G2
zebrambizi wrote 1 month ago: Image via King William III: Wikipedia Today in History the Act of Settlement 1701 came into l … more →
1929: Margaret Bondfield (1873 - 1953).
zebrambizi wrote 1 month ago: Image via Wikipedia And now for a little piece of forgotten history. Today in 1929, the first … more →
Remembering Cobden, a man of peace, Lancashire statesman and a consistent friend of Russia…
elena1uk wrote 1 month ago: We in the Russian community in Lancashire recently joined all right-thinking people in remembering t … more →
Was King Arthur an East European migrant worker?
elena1uk wrote 1 month ago: The mass arrival in the UK of migrant workers from Eastern Europe, especially from Poland and the Ba … more →
Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves
Charlotte Evans wrote 1 month ago: It’s interesting to watch the depiction of Henry VIII in his encounter with Anne of Cleves, hi … more →
Lancashire's little known Russian heritage
elena1uk wrote 1 month ago: Did you know that Lancashire’s museums contain many unique and varied Russian artefacts? These … more →
Statue of Gen. Wolfe at Greenwich, England
gilliandr wrote 1 month ago: Statue of Gen. Wolfe taken April 2008, Greenwich Observatory, London, England. I saw this statue las … more →
Mrs Sew and Sew interview
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wazz wrote 1 month ago: Since my sister bought me this book a while ago, I have taken all my darning advice from Mrs Sew an … more →
The creases in the king's trousers
ibisbill wrote 1 month ago: I was very much amused by this “brilliant cameo biographical footnote” from a book by th … more →
Memo to the Hon'ble President of India: It is Sonia Gandhi, not Manmohan Singh, who should be invited to our equivalent of the "Kissing Hands" Ceremony
drsubrotoroy wrote 2 months ago: H.E. The Hon’ble Shrimati Pratibha Patil President of India Your Excellency, As India is fortu … more →
Victory Day Celebration in Manchester
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elena1uk wrote 2 months ago: From the time of the first victory parade in Moscow in 1945, until the most recent, the people of t … more →
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